The makers of feature film 'The Hobbit' – to be shot in New Zealand next year – have refused to engage performers on union-negotiated agreements," the member alert said. "Members of Canadian Actors Equity, US Actors Equity, the Screen Actors Guild, UK Actors Equity, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (Australia) and the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists are advised not to accept work on this non-union production. If you are contacted to be engaged on 'The Hobbit' please notify your union immediately.

Listen to a radio broadcast about the fight, and what could in the end, kill the next two Hobbit movies.